Coke-discharging apparatus.



- PATENTED FEB. 5,1907.

L. ALBRECHT.

COKE DISGHARGING APPARATUS.

APPLIUATION FILED JAN. 31, 1906.

Wu WL 551 a LEWIS ALBRECHT,

rrnn sTAirnfs PATENT OFFICE.

F- Bhi frI-MoRE, MARYLAND.

COKE-DISC HARGINQ APPARATUS.

I facilitate the removal of cooled coke from the front of theretort-benches to some place ex-' terior of the retort-house. I

A secondary object of the said invention is to prevent excessivedrenching of the heated coke during the discharging operation, as willhereinafter fully appear.

With these objects in view the present invention consists, iirst, in thecombination, with a transferable coke-receiving and dischargingapparatus, of an endless conveyerbelt extending parallelly with thefront of the bench of retorts, or in a direction parallel with the pathtaken by the transferable dis-. charging apparatus in being moved fromone set of rctorts to another, and to the outside of the retort-house,upon which the quenched and practically cooled coke is deposited.

The said invention consists, secondly, in means for limiting thequantity of water to which the heated coke is directly subjected,independently of the quantity of water fureasily moved along track-railsb, which are nished for quenching and cooling purposes, as hereinafterdescribed.

In the further description of the said invention which follows referenceis made to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and inwhich Figure 1 is a partly-sectional side view of a bench of retorts,together with the appliances forming the subject of the presentinvention. Fig. 2 is a view of Fig. 1 looking in the direction indicatedby the arrow in full lines. Fig. 3 is a sectional side view, on anenlarged scale, of a part of the apparatus; and Fig. 4,

a view of Fig. 3 looking in the direction indicated by the dotted arrow.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 repre sents a bench of retorts, and 2the retorts, which are shown in dotted lines, and of the inclineddescription. 4

3 is a box supported in an inclined position by means of a suitableframe 5, having wheels awhereby the whole structure may be laid in frontof the bench of retorts in the re tort-house. The box 3 is provided witha series of laterally-projecting coke-receivers 7, which extendnearly'to the bench l, and in Specification of Letters Patent.Application filed January 31, 1906. Serial No. 298,733.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907.

consequence of the inclined osition of the box these receivers are ofdiilerent lengths, as shown in Fig. 1 of the draw ings.

Within the box 3 is an endless conveyorbelt 9, carrying buckets '10,which in the operation of the ap aratus move in the directionrepresented y the arrow in broken lines in Fig. 1. The means for drivingthe conveyer may be of any approved description. In the drawings theupper shaft 0 of the conveyer is shown as driven from another shaft (1by means of the gearse and f, and it is de signed to apply an electricmotor to the shaft d; but the motor is not shown, as its employment forthe purpose described forms no part of the present invention. The lowerend of the box 3 is made water-tight and supplied 1131'! water to suchdepth as will admit of the immersion of the buckets 10 and thechain-belt carrying them as they pass around the lower shaft g of theconveyor. 12 is a water-tank having a proper pipe connection with aspraying apparatus 13, the nozzles h of which enter the box 3 and are soplaced as to discharge water over and into the buckets 10 as theyascend. Th buckets 10 are made of a convenient size fa conveying cokedischarged into the box 8, and to prevent their holding more water thanis re uisite they are provided with overflow-ho es as shown Figs. 3 and4.

15 is a pipeto carry oil steam generated in to some place outside of thebuilding. As

the endless conveyer-belt 19 extends longitudinally of the bench ofretorts, coke may be delivered thereto at any point within its length,and no auxiliary apparatussuch, for instance, as wheeled cars-have to beplaced to receive it. By the combination of a discharging ap aratusproper with an endless conveyer-bet extending in a direction parallelwith the course followed by the said .discharging apparatus in movingalong the front of the benches considerable manual labor is dispensedwith and the entire discharging operation much simplified. The

shaft 9 of the conveyor is also utilized in connection with the gears,which collectively are represented by k, as means to efl'ect ther0tation of one set of thewheels a, which may be set in motion by anyappropriate devices when it is required to transfer the apparatus fromone vertical set of retorts to another.

T eoperatio'n of this invention is as fol-- -I5 ets of the conveyer aresupplied with water to a'uniform height in passing around the V lowerend of the box 3, and this water, to'

gether with that sprayed upon the coke as it carried upward in the box,is so regulated in quantity that'the coke is discharged in a practicallydry and comparatively cool conditionand without being reduced to smallpieces by sudden contraction. 'At the completion of the operation justdescribed the apparatus'is moved in front of the next set of retorts' tobe discharged, when the same operation is repeated. I claim asmyinvention- -1. A transferable coke receiving and dis ocharging apparatusadapted to be used in connection with a bench of gas making re torts,comprising a box placed inan inclined position, an endless chainsituated within the box carrying buckets, means to operate the thequantity of Water neld by 1 endless chain and its buckets, and anappliance whereby-water is sprayed upon the said buckets, and the cokecontained therein, as

the same traverse the'said box from the receiving to the discharging endthe box,

combined with an endless conveyenbelt extending in a direction parallelwith. the path takenv by the said discharging apparatus in being movedfrom one vertical set of retorts to another, the said conveyer-beltbeing ad'- jacent to the delivery end of the ischarging apparatus, and'thereby adapts to receive; the discharged coke and ca T theaway from thebench of retorts, snbstan as specified.

transferable conereceiving and ms ally 2. A charging apparatus adaptedto be used 1 -connection with a bench of gas-inahi n torts, comprisingabox placed in in position, an endless chain sit 1-. boxcarryingbuckets, mes, s endless chain and its buci ance whereby water is sprbuckets and the coke containe t the same traverse the said ceiving tothe disehe said buckets dependentlthe mnti plied to the same, 1

Witnesses THOMAS G. T

1 WM. T. HOWAR

